You've got to hand it to the folks at Collectors' Choice Music: when they launch a new catalogue initiative, they don't mess around. After an initial offering last month of 10 releases on the new Tartare imprint, CCM has just announced a further 20 titles to bolster the budding Tartare lineup. The genres covered in this batch are incredibly diverse: from folk songs to groovy psychedelia, polkas to 1990s jangle pop, deep soul to disco, jazz to country. In short, there really is something for everyone!  Artists represented include the familiar (Sonny and Cher, Curtis Mayfield) and the obscure (Hirth Martinez, with his debut LP produced by Robbie Robertson of The Band, and Jon Astley, frequent Pete Townshend collaborator.)

For those not familiar with Tartare, here's the scoop: all titles are made-to-order; translation: all discs are CD-Rs. Each release includes original LP artwork with no new liner notes or additional information, and all discs are housed in standard jewel cases. To date, all of Tartare's offerings have been drawn from various labels under the Warner Music Group umbrella, including Warner Bros. Records, Elektra, Atlantic and Curtom. Each title is priced at $14.98 and is available directly through Collectors' Choice's website. Every title (including the 10 previously released) is available for ordering here.

Unlike the first group of releases, some of the titles here (by artists including Eddie Floyd, Sonny and Cher and Jean Ritchie) have been previously released on CD by labels such as Rhino and Sundazed. The only Tartare release to date to include bonus tracks is Blues, Rags and Hollers by Koerner, Ray and Glover, which apparently retains the outtakes excavated for a 1995 CD edition.

While we're at it, I'd like to ask our loyal readers: How do you feel about the made-to-order CD trend?  The Tartare imprint is the largest CD-R initiative of its kind by a major reissue label for pop/rock releases; Arkiv Music already has a deep catalogue of classical releases "on demand," and recently joined with Sony's Masterworks Broadway to offer a number of theatre-related titles as well. Clearly, many collectors are thrilled to finally have long out-of-print titles commercially available once again. Yet valid concerns have been raised about the quality and longevity of the CD-Rs used, not to mention the generally inferior mastering compared to a full-fledged CD reissue. In addition, the cost is actually higher than many of Collectors' Choice's standard reissues which contain full liner notes and bonus tracks on pressed CDs.  Feel free to share your thoughts on Tartare's releases and the made-to-order trend in general; our ears are wide open.

Meanwhile, click on the jump for the full list of Tartare's 20 new releases, and complete track listings!

Curtis Mayfield, Curtis in Chicago (Curtom LP CRS-8018, 1973)

1. Superfly
2. For Your Precious Love
3. I'm So Proud
4. Once in My Life
5. Preacher Man
6. If I Were Only a Child Again
7. Duke of Earl
8. Love Oh Love
9. Amen

Curtis Mayfield, Sweet Exorcist (Curtom LP CRS-8601, 1974)

1. Ain't Got Time
2. Sweet Exorcist
3. To Be Invisible
4. Power to the People
5. Kung Fu
6. Suffer
7. Make Me Believe in You

Clarence Carter, This is Clarence Carter (Atlantic SD-8192, 1967)

1. Do What You Gotta Do
2. Looking for a Fox
3. Slippin' Around
4. I'm Qualified
5. I Can't See Myself
6. Wind It Up
7. Part Time Love
8. Thread the Needle
9. Slip Away
10. Funky Fever
11. She Ain't Gonna Do Right
12. Set Me Free

Sonny and Cher, Good Times (Atco 33-214, 1967)

1. I Got You Babe (Instrumental)
2. It's the Little Things
3. Good Times
4. Trust Me
5. Don't Talk to Strangers
6. I'm Gonna Love You
7. Just a Name
8. I Got You Babe

Vern Gosdin, Never My Love (Elektra 6E-124, 1978)

1. Never My Love
2. Catch the Wind
3. Anita, You're Dreaming
4. When I Need You
5. I Sure Can Love You
6. Break My Mind
7. Forget Yesterday
8. Without You There's a Sadness in My Song
9. The Lady, She's Right
10. Something's Wrong in California

Vern Gosdin, You've Got Somebody (Elektra 6E-180, 1979)

1. You've Got Somebody, I've Got Somebody
2. All I Want and Need Forever
3. He Must Be Lovin' You Right
4. The Rock I'm Leaning On
5. She's Gone
6. Shake, Rattle, and Roll
7. Sarah's Eyes
8. Took It Like a Man, Cried Like a Baby

Eddie Floyd, Knock on Wood (Stax/Atlantic SD-7714, 1967)

1. Knock on Wood
2. Something You Got
3. But It's Alright
4. I Stand Accused
5. If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
6. I Don't Want to Cry
7. Raise Your Hand
8. Got to Make a Comeback
9. 634-5789
10. I've Just Been Feeling Bad
11. High-Heel Sneakers
12. Warm and Tender Love

Jean Ritchie, Singing Traditional Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family (Elektra EKLP-2, 1952)

1. O Love is Teasin'
2. Jubilee
3. Black is the Color
4. A Short Life of Trouble
5. One Morning in May (aka The Nightingale)
6. One Morning in May (alternative version)
7. Old Virginny
8. Skin and Bones
9. The Little Devils
10. My Boy Willie
11. Hush Little Baby
12. Gypsum Davy
13. The Cuckoo
14. Little Cory
15. Keep Your Garden Clean

KC & The Sunshine Band, Do It Good (TK Records TK-500, 1974)

1. Do It Good
2. Sound Your Funky Horn
3. Baby, I Want Your Lovin'
4. Queen of Clubs
5. Blow Your Whistle
6. I'm a Pushover
7. You Don't Know
8. I Need a Little Lovin'
9. All My Love

KC & The Sunshine Band, Do You Wanna Go Party? (TK Records TK-83369, 1979)

1. Hooked On Your Love
2. I've Got the Feeling
3. Ooh, I Like It
4. Please, Don't Go
5. I Betcha Didn't Know That
6. Que Pasa
7. Do You Wanna Go Party

The Rembrandts, The Rembrandts (Atco CD A2 91412, 1990)

1. Just the Way It Is, Baby
2. Save Me
3. Someone
4. Show Me Your Love
5. New King
6. Every Secret Thing
7. If Not for Misery
8. Moonlight on Mt. Hood
9. Goodnight
10. Burning Timber
11. Confidential Information
12. Everyday People
13. Follow You Down

Voices of East Harlem, Right On, Be Free (Elektra EKS-74080, 1970)

1. Right On Be Free
2. Simple Song of Freedom
3. Proud Mary
4. Music in the Air
5. Oh Yeah
6. For What It's Worth
7. Let It Be Me
8. No, No, No
9. Gotta Be a Change
10. Run Shaker Life

Don Pullen, Montreaux Concert (Atlantic SD-8802, 1977)

1. Richard's Tune
2. Dialogue Between Malcolm and Betty

Koerner, Ray and Glover, Blues Rags and Hollers (Elektra EKL-240, 1963)

1. Linin' Track
2. Ramblin' Blues
3. It's All Right
4. Hangman
5. Ted Mack Rag*
6. Down to Louisiana
7. Creepy John
8. Bugger Burns
9. Sun's Wail
10. Dust My Broom*
11. One Kind Favor
12. Go Down Ol' Hannah
13. Good Time Charlie
14. Banjo Thing
15. Stop That Thing
16. Too Bad*
17. Snaker's Here
18. Low Down Rounder
19. Jimmy Bell
20. Mumblin' Word*

* denotes bonus track

Hirth Martinez, Hirth from Earth (Warner Bros. BS-2867, 1975)

1. Altogether Alone
2. Winter Again
3. Djinji
4. Be Everything
5. Comin' Round the Moon
6. It
7. That's the Way It's Gotta Go
8. Silent Movies
9. Pity on the Fool
10. I Don't Know Why the Hell
11. Saturday Night
12. Cold Dark Mornin'
13. You Are a Star

Bill Doggett, 3046 People Danced Till 4 a.m. (Warner Bros. WS-1404, 1961)

1. Happy
2. (Let's Do the) Hully Gully Twist
3. Tom Cat
4. The Slouch
5. Can't Sit Down
6. Roly-Poly
7. Hokum
8. Jackrabbit
9. Ragtown
10. The Rootie Too
11. Track 29

Jon Astley, Everyone Loves the Pilot (Except the Crew) (Atlantic 81740-1, 1987)

1. Outbound
2. Jane's Getting Serious
3. Lipservice
4. Target Practise
5. Suffering Fools
6. The Animal
7. Jumping in the Deep End
8. Better Never Than Late
9. I Want to Dance
10. The Emperor

Leroy Van Dyke, The Leroy Van Dyke Show (Warner Bros. WS-1618, 1965)

1. Medley: It's Good to Be Alive/I Know a Place
2. Introduction - Big Wide Beautiful World of Country Music
3. Introduction - Tennessee Waltz
4. Medley: Any Time/Oh, Lonesome Me
5. King of the Road
6. Medley: Your Cheatin' Heart/Jambalaya
7. Introduction - Stay with Me
8. The Good Life
9. Introduction - Just a State of Mind
10. Ol' Man Mose
11. Introduction - Big Wide Beautiful World of Country Music (Reprise)

Theodore Bikel, Folk Songs of Israel (Elektra EKL-132, 1958)

1. Dodi Li
2. Mi Barechev
3. Hechalil
4. Ptsach Bazemer
5. Orcha Bamidbar
6. Uzi Vezimrat Yah
7. Karev Yom
8. Shech Abrek
9. Suka Bakerem
10. Sissu Vesimchu
11. El Ginat Egoz
12. Shir Habokrim
13. Shomer Ma Milel
14. Hana'Ava Babanot
15. Ana Pana Dodech
16. Shim'u Shim'u
17. Ada
18. Layla Layla

Ira Ironstrings, Big Band Polkas on Parade (Warner Bros. WBS-1457, 1962)

1. Stars and Stripes Polka
2. High School Cadets Polka
3. Semper Fidelis Polka
4. Washington Post Polka
5. Hot Time Polka
6. Flag of Victory Polka
7. Double Eagle Polka
8. Our Director's Polka
9. Jolly Coppersmith Polka
10. Military Polka
11. High Society Polka
12. American Patrol Polka